Comments on: Virginia To Sue U.S. Over Healthcare Reform

By: charliehall

charliehall — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:57:09 +0000

hereorthere,

If you are that poor, you probably already qualify for Medicaid — and as a result of the healthcare reform bill it will be easier to qualify. I don’t know where you live, but NY Medicaid is great insurance.

Ben Levi,

Right now, nobody can get insurance at all for pre-existing conditions from any company except through an employer group policy or a government plan. There is a big difference between that and simply paying a higher premium.

By: hereorthere

hereorthere — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:49:37 +0000

charliehall what am I supposed to when I can barely pay my rent and the cost of government mandated insurance will force me out onto the street, where I am guaranteed to get sick or suffer from some kind of medical emergency (such as a violent encounter with some street gang, or other thugs)?

By: Ben Levi

Ben Levi — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:00:18 +0000

Charliehall,
Most insurance companies have a “point system” the more points one has the more they pay. Basically because if they have more points it means they are more dangerous.
Can you explain the difference between that and pre-existing conditions?

By: charliehall

charliehall — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:46:15 +0000

Mark,

If you have employer-based insurance and your employer cancels the policy, goes out of business, or if you lose your job, currently you can’t get insurance if you have a pre-existing condition. Do you really think that working for an employer who goes broke is a ‘bad gamble’ that should prevent people from EVER getting health insurance again?

By: homell

homell — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:19:20 +0000

TO MARK:I understand your points,but let say You couldn’t pay for yourself,who going to pay?I against to mandatory from government(In fact: I grow up in Communist Russia). But some time they are necessary, may be not like was done by Obama & Co., But Bush also done nothing, to do something about it.

By: what??

what?? — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:58:45 +0000

apparently marklevin made my point more eloquently

By: what??

what?? — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:57:35 +0000

if you can easily avoid something, then you have a choice – buy the car and pay or dont buy it and dont pay
but here the government requires you to pay- you have no choice but to pay
even though the human body is more valuable, the difference is in the choice to not pay if you dont want to

By: charliehall

charliehall — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:56:52 +0000

Virginia started requiring people to buy car insurance within the past two decades.

If this lawsuit succeeds, it will mean a single payer government system will have to be established, because the mandate is the only thing that will keep the insurers from going bankrupt. We will never go back to allowing discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions!

By: mark levin

mark levin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:53:14 +0000

7,
How about YOU the patient take responsibility for YOURSELF & pay for it YOURSELF? Why does someone else have to pay for your sickness? If you gambled by not having health insurance & you get sick, why should I have to pay for your bad gamble? Take some personal responsibility for yourself finally & take care of your own debts.

By: mark levin

mark levin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:47:00 +0000

5, I am not sure where you are coming from but there is a MAJOR difference between health & auto insurance.

The federal govt doesn’t mandate auto insurance but in ripping the Constitution to shreds, they do mandate health insurance.

It is the states that mandate auto insurance but you have a choice. If you don’t want to pay for auto insurance, you cannot own a car. Why, simply because your actions MAY cause damage to others’ property. There is a choice of not owning a car. You don’t have a choice of breathing & staying healthy but you DON’T HAVE TO OWN A CAR.